James Leslie MACGREGOR

Regimental number11330
OccupationInsurance agent
Next of kinWife, Mrs Jessie MacGregor, c/o A MacGregor, Fordell, Wanganui
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 12th Reinforcements (1st Draft), Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Ulimoroa on 1 May 1916
Final rankLance Sergeant
Final unit3rd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 19 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records37
Place of burialNine Elms British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row E, Grave No 6), Poperinge, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alexander and Mary Leslie MacGregor, Whareroa, Hunterville; Wife: Jessie MacGregor, Windsor Hill, Waipawa. Awarded the Croix de Guerre (Belgium)
Medals

Croix de Guerre (Belgium)

'For distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign.'
Source: London Gazette
Date: 12 July 1918

Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal, Croix de Guerre (Belgium).
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 30, p. 11

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